It took longer than expected - had to hunt for some documents - but it is finally done. Tried filing for Zomb but the system went down for maintenance!

Anyway, this eve I had dinner with D and went over to her place to hang out. Her apartment is huge and absolutely gorgeous. :D We watched Sin City and were totally blown away! It is by far the best movie I've seen this year. Ooh! Wickedly delicious describes it all.

Darkly gothic like Dark City, immeasurably as cool as Blade, and action faster than his blade, Sin City is the amalgamation of three stories into one. With a star studded cast and a lightspeed pace, the sharp witty script is played out comic book style fleshed out in brilliant technicolour (figuratively speaking) in one's wildest drug-induced imagination.

Devon Aoki was superb as the swift and uber cool Miho and Elijah Wood immensely disturbs as Kevin, the serene and deadly cannibal. Benicio Del Toro was almost unrecognisable as Jackie Boy but his head definitely delivered some of the movie's most hilarious lines. A beautiful cast and powerful acting. That is just the least attractive parts of Sin City. Go watch it already.

A rather leisurely jaunt today from Dolanaar to Darnassus, some herb picking and slaying of creatures that attacked me on the way. It is the most beautiful city without a doubt in WoW. I thought of the dreary tunnels of the Undercity and the starkness of Ogrimmar and decided there was no competition whatsoever.

I ran around admiring the landscape and architecture, visiting the homes of the tradesmen. Picked up fishing and fished for 10 minutes (with the +25 bauble) but my catch was dismal: 1 Catfish, 1 Smallfish, and 3 of those toadlike fishes I never recall the name of. Anyway, stashed it all in the bank and decided to go do a quest or two.

I headed back to Starbreeze Village to slay 7 Mystics and their boss who dropped a necklace for a dreamcatcher this guy at Dolanaar lost. He paid me some silver as a thank you. Then I decided to try and find this lake up north but fell into Shadowglen instead. Rather annoyed with myself, I returned to Dolanaar, sold my stuff, and settled down for the night at the inn.

W00t! The much anticipated (and awaited) Land of the Dead will be here in 2 months! :D

I have always thought of myself as strange machine, uncomfortable in this human skin, often annoyed that it doesn't run more efficiently, and frustrated with the need for constant care. We have one of the poorest designs of all living creatures yet we thrive because of our minds. We manipulate the environment to suit ourselves, instead of evolving to fit the environment. Small wonder disaster movies more often than not depict us as largely perishing in unplanned chaos.

I've often wondered if I would have been happier having my brain transplanted into a network. I would surf the infinite web, meeting other machines, entertaining ourselves with infinite games and choice interests. That's when I miss the touch of Sam's wet nose when he nudges me, feeling Boy's soft fur touch my feet when I stretch in the morning, great dinners with friends and family, the embrace of a loved one.

Would I trade all that for virtual immortality? I ponder on...

Today I popped Kate's pink eyes out and stuck in the brown ones from Sugarmag. They popped out a lot faster this time and I realised the secret!

Here is a quick tutorial on soft glue eyechip removal:

1. Tie her hair back.
2. Use scotch tape to stick her eyelashes back and completely covered.
3. Remove her clothes.
4. Place her standing in the sink at a 45 degree angle so you don't wet her lashes, press her eyes down a little so you get the top part of the eyechips, and run running water over her eyechips. Try to avoid the top part of her eyechips near the lashes. Use your fingers to wet that part instead. A minute or two should suffice.
5. Take your glue stick (about 1/2cm diameter) and heat it in the fire of your stove.
6. Press the heated end to the eyechip and hold it there for about 2 minutes. When the glue has faded from clear to opaque, hold on for another minute or so. The longer the better.
7. Pull straight out and the eyechip should come out nicely. Use fingers to clear excess glue around the eyes immediately.
8. If it doesn't come out, try from 5. again. If it does, do the same for the other eye.

When placing in the new eyechips, check them first if they have any protruding parts. If they do, try to shave them down gently. And then place them in with the protruding bit facing north so that it will be hidden from view. Gently remove the scotch tape. And voila, new eyechips! :D

Here's Kate with her new grey and brown eyechips! :D

In a historical moment, Kaku rubbed herself against my leg on Monday evening for the first time ever, claiming her Mom for her own. :D

Last night I managed to use the hot glue method to remove Kate's amber eyes and replaced them with a pair of pretty grey eyes Doreen bought from Sugarmag in Hong Kong.

I'd used the matt scotch tape to protect her eyelashes and ran the tap over her eyes (twice). With my gun lighter I lit up the hot glue many times and stuck it on her eyeball before one eye finally popped out. My gun lighter ran out of lighter fluid!

I had to brave the cats in the kitchen (they were surprisingly docile, probably cos they just ate) to heat up the glue sticks on the stove. I think the other eye finally popped out after about 3-4 tries. The trick I think, is to let it cool enough.

In Thunderhorn, I created a Night Elf Rogue called Mephala. Alright, a bit schizophrenic but apt (so says Jon). He's off in Ironforge as a Dwarf Pally, so we'll meet in the near future. Plus here in pve, we can pretty much safely run from one city to another without getting killed by the opposite faction. After slugging it out to level 46 in pvp, it has been really fun starting anew, with everything fresh and exciting.

After completing the quests at Teldrassil, I headed to Dolanaar for real life. A Nightsabre attacked me on the way but I managed to get his small leather collar as a souvenir. The night elves sent me on a few quests, including a few at Starbreeze Village. The furblogs were nasty. While looking for the Ambushers, two attacked me and I ran for my life. Worse, I came across a level 9 elite panther who proceeded to maul me. I ran again and thankfully survived.

Later I came across a chappie at Lake Al'Ameth. He sent me off to collect some seeds and stuff. He gave me some nice goodies for my trouble. I really have to pick up fishing at Darnassus. The fishing here looks splendid and serene.

I neglected to mention I studied cooking, first aid, herbalism, and alchemy too. I'd spent the better part of the day picking herbs and slaying spiders for some recipe the chef wanted to teach me. I thought it was pretty nice of him.

At the end of the day, I retired to the inn to rest for the night. Indeed tomorrow would be another exciting day.

I dreamt of vampires last night.

They were trying to break into this fortress I made, and almost succeeded. I was holding a black stake waiting for them to mist in and attack.

Then the scene changed to a city and I was alone. I found Zomb, I think, and we ran to a lift in some building. Took it down to the carpark, and other people came in. We went to the 12th floor and looked down at the torn city.

The other lift door opened and a vampire came out ready for blood. It almost shoved me over the ledge when the rest unfroze and shoved the vampire over the ledge.

We rode the lift down when I woke up.

Postscript: Must've been the strange beer at Paulaner's last night when we celebrated Amanda's birthday. The cheese sausages were delish though.

Woke up with a bruised foot. I must have been kicking because Boy apparently moved to the other side of the bed to sleep between Zomb's legs in the wee hours of the morning, around the same time I was dreaming.

A bunny tale everyone should read.